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Those classics and much-loved movies with one particular lowlight.
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00:00From some of the worst fights the gangster genre has ever seen,
00:03to the sort of digital effects that leave you giggling for all the wrong reasons,
00:07these are those truly horrendous film scenes that popped up in some of the greats.
00:11Gareth here from WhatCulture.com and here are 10 God-awful Scenes in Otherwise Perfect Movies.
00:17Number 10, De Niro's fight scene doesn't turn back the clock, The Irishman.
00:21The de-aging technology on show throughout Martin Scorsese's 2019 gangster epic, The Irishman,
00:27is up there with some of the best the movie industry has unleashed to date.
00:31However, for every utterly convincing moment of Robert De Niro and co seemingly being chucked
00:35into a time machine while their cameras were rolling, there were those few beats where all
00:39the tech in the world couldn't paper over the fact that these were all stars very much in their 70s.
00:44Specifically, the jarring scene that sees De Niro's Frank Sheeran beat the crap out of a shopkeeper
00:49for shoving his daughter is enough to take anyone out of the gripping tail.
00:52And while the quick beatdown had clearly been blocked in a way that wouldn't force the
00:56septuagenarian to overexert himself, the resulting awkward kicks, stomps and attempts to stay
01:01balanced felt like the equivalent of watching your grandfather attempting to roll back the
01:05clock with a VR headset on.
01:07The surreal pavement battering is soon forgot about and it's easy enough to slip right back
01:11into the modern classic, but few would argue with this being the absolute worst element
01:15of the 209 minute saga.
01:17Number 9, The Car Flies Away, Grease.
01:20Easily ranking as one of, if not the greatest teen comedy musical of all time,
01:24Grease is still as cherished today as it was back when it first drove into fans' lives all those years
01:29ago in 1978.
01:31However, there has always been one specific moment that even the most passionate T-Bird and
01:35Pink Lady has struggled to get their heads around.
01:38That being exactly what in the hell was happening at the very end of the flick, when Danny and
01:42Sandy took driving off into the sunset to a whole new level.
01:46Despite the rest of the flick largely playing out like a fairly grounded love story, outside
01:50of the odd beauty school dropout and Grease Lightning tune, the fairground conclusion sees the
01:54lovebirds dance through various rides with their pals, before eventually hopping into a car and
01:59literally flying away from the gang.
02:01Now admittedly, this is a movie realm where folks regularly burst out into song and occasionally
02:06transform an entire garage with a rather smooth cut.
02:09But even with that being the case, watching the leading light suddenly blast off into some clouds late
02:14on still feels like it belongs in an entirely different film and has become something of a
02:19beloved god-awful joke of a final sequence at this stage.
02:22Number 8, That Greedo Moment, Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope
02:26Even the best of George Lucas' galaxy far, far away isn't entirely perfect.
02:311977's first Star Wars adventure typically and deservedly ranks somewhere in most
02:36fans' top 3 Force-sensitive tales, for example.
02:39But even that much-adored and fondly-remembered first trip to the lands of Tatooine boasted the
02:44odd misfire, literally in this case.
02:46After initially deciding that Han Solo would defensively shoot first
02:49during his tense meeting with Greedo in Mos Eisley's cantina,
02:52Lucas suddenly had a change of heart and attempted to rejig the scene so that the
02:56smuggler's actions seemed like more of a reaction to a shot fired from the alien's blaster.
03:01The end result was a bit weird, and while not everyone is the biggest fan of Lucas' tinkering
03:06with the likes of A New Hope and the rest of the original trilogy, many of his additions did
03:10actually enhance the classic adventures, adding much more depth and life to the background of Mos Eisley
03:15for example.
03:16In the case of his Greedo meddling though, few can defend Lucas' actions.
03:20And this clunky piece of editing has since become an unwanted piece of Star Wars history.
03:25Number 7, Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter share a smooch, Captain America Civil War.
03:30The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't exactly short on brilliant third entries into a series,
03:35with the likes of Avengers Infinity War and Thor Ragnarok both rivaling just about any
03:40threequel out there. And while Captain America Civil War has also more than earned its place
03:44alongside those other third super chapters, there's still one little moment in the midst of
03:48Steve Rogers and Tony Stark's collision that felt about as pointless as it was distracting.
03:54With Steve being romantically involved with Peggy Carter during his time pre-freezing,
03:58the sight of him smooching her niece Sharon so soon after the older Carter had unfortunately
04:02passed away due to Alzheimer's disease, felt wrong on many, many levels.
04:07The lip-locking came right out of the blue and wasn't even thrown into the mix as a way of building
04:11towards a complicated romance for Rogers with Sharon down the road.
04:15Ultimately Cap ended up back with his beloved Peggy in the past, and that happy ending only made this
04:20bizarre shoehorned snog feel that little bit more awkward as the years roll by.
04:24Number 6, Sonny's Punch misses the mark, The Godfather.
04:28Jumping back to those gangster classic throwdowns that didn't quite deliver in the way a director
04:32would have hoped, one of the all-time greats ever pumped into cinema theatres the world over,
04:36unfortunately still boasted a punch-up Francis Ford Coppola and co. would likely prefer to forget about.
04:42With the late James Caan's Sonny targeting his brother-in-law Carlo for physically abusing his
04:46sister Connie, their violent godfather brawl ultimately goes down in front of a crowded street.
04:51However, instead of being an entirely convincing and hard-hitting exchange,
04:55the emotion and intensity of the moment is largely overshadowed by some poor staging
05:00and pretty laughable choreography. Had this beatdown gone down on a theatre stage,
05:04the chances are it wouldn't have felt out of place. But the fact there's visible distance between Sonny's
05:09hand and Carlo's face during some punches, and many of the kicks and knees feel noticeably held back,
05:15shatters much of the illusion, and turns what should be an impactful physical altercation
05:19into an unintentionally hilarious example of what can happen when not enough thought is put into the
05:24staging of a cinematic clash.
05:265. Quentin Tarantino's jarring cameo, Django Unchained
05:31A director wiggling their way in front of the camera during the making of their own movie
05:35isn't exactly a shocking occurrence at this point. But there's popping up in a coffee shop for a blink
05:40and you'll miss it showing, and then they're sticking out like a sore thumb for an uncomfortably
05:43long amount of time in the middle of a stellar piece of work. And that was most definitely the
05:48case when it came to Quentin Tarantino's baffling cameo in Django Unchained back in 2012. With the
05:54director's god awful Australian accent, and just all round odd performance as Le Quint Dicky
05:58mining company employee Frankie being the worst sort of once seen outing. The entire sequence
06:04involving Jamie Foxx's Django convincing his captors that he's actually a bounty hunter,
06:08before tricking them into handing him a loaded weapon, already felt like it was going on for an age,
06:13and likely would have done even without Tarantino's unwanted presence. But with it,
06:18the never ending and seemingly self-indulgent scene very nearly sank what had otherwise been
06:22one of his most compelling pictures to date. Number 4, The Slow Mo Reunion, The Lord of the
06:27Rings Return of the King. While there is admittedly a lot of joy to be found in the never ending stream
06:32of conclusions that bring Peter Jackson's Return of the King to its end, there is one moment most
06:36Lord of the Rings loyalists would all happily throw into the fires of Mount Doom that comes during those
06:41latter stages of the finale. In the wake of Frodo and Sam being rescued by Gandalf and the Eagles
06:46after finally destroying the One Ring, the Baggins hobbit wakes up in Minas Tirith and is reunited
06:52with the rest of the surviving fellowship. On paper that sounds like a sweet enough reunion to add to
06:56the mix, but Jackson's call to have the entire thing play out as though everyone involved is glowing,
07:02and moving in slow motion can't help but make a potentially sincere moment of happiness feel
07:06unquestionably cheesy. That and the weird echoey laughter accompanying the giddy bed jumping,
07:11along with the likes of Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf's awkward staring at the reconnecting
07:15hobbit, all help cement this as one of the most uncomfortable moments of celebration you're ever
07:20likely to witness. Number 3, The Dodgy CGI Final Battle, Black Panther. Black Panther quite rightly sits
07:27as one of the most important films the MCU has ever brought into existence, with the late Chadwick
07:31Boseman led Epic absolutely smashing it at the box office and having a simply monumental cultural
07:37impact. However, while much of Ryan Coogler's first Marvel project unquestionably contained some of
07:42the strongest character development, gripping antagonists and spectacular set pieces to have
07:47tumbled out of the superhero genre, there's still no getting around the fact that Black Panther's
07:51climactic duel is about as cartoonish as they come. The drama pumped into T'Challa and Killmonger's
07:57pulsating final battle is palpable, and the visual of the King of Wakanda driving a dagger into his
08:02cousin's chest before Eric ultimately claims he'd rather be free than healed and imprisoned remains
08:08as powerful today as it did in 2018. So it's just a shame that the CGI used to bring the warring
08:13rival showdown to life in Wakanda's vibranium mine wasn't quite as on point, with the digital effects
08:19that looked dated and inauthentic five years ago only becoming more so with each passing year.
08:25Thankfully most people remember this particular MCU fight more for the emotionally charged beat
08:30that followed it, but that doesn't change the fact that this poorly crafted digital bout of
08:34fisticuffs remains one of the only real lowlights in one of the genre as a whole's highlights.
08:39Number 2. Alison Gets A Makeover The Breakfast Club
08:43While there is still an awful lot to like about the much-loved 80s coming-of-age drama that is The
08:47Breakfast Club, some elements of the John Hughes classic just haven't exactly aged all that well over
08:52the decades. In particular the makeover moments involving Ally Sheedy's Alison Reynolds is one that
08:58many would confess to being entirely unnecessary and simply an attempt to infuse the dreadful trope
09:03of a character needing to entirely transform themselves in order to get the attention of a
09:07love interest into the picture. And the star herself has even admitted to not being a fan of this moment,
09:13claiming that she felt her director agreed with her that the moment wasn't needed and that this was
09:17more of a thing where this was something that the studio wanted and he had written it.
09:21Thankfully this sort of princess transformation moment would gradually die out as the years went
09:26by, yet it's still hard to escape the feeling of uneasiness that comes with the sight of a
09:30youngster having to strip away part of who she was in order to become more appealing to a jock late in
09:35the day. Number 1. Voldemort and Harry's Weird Face Merging Moment The Deathly Hallows Part 2
09:42After seven whole movies of wizarding adventures and twists and turns, Harry Potter and Voldemort's
09:47inevitable final battle was always destined to be something that had the potential to make or
09:51break The Deathly Hallows Part 2. And for the most part this climatic battle between the wizarding
09:56world's big bad and the boy who lived actually managed to live up to expectations, with Ralph
10:02Fiennes' despicable dark lord pushing Potter to his absolute limit as our heroes do everything they
10:07had at him and his Death Eaters. But that being said, there was one rather unexpectedly comical
10:13chunk of CGI chaos thrown into the Battle of Hogwarts. I am of course talking about the
10:17particularly surreal visual of Harry and Voldemort's faces being merged together as the two fly around
10:23the warzone mid-duel. It's not just the sole image of Daniel Radcliffe's face being oddly digitally
10:28combined with the snake-like Voldemort that sticks out for all the wrong reasons either. The entire
10:32smoky grappling match through the air is incredibly cartoonish and zaps a lot of the intensity out of
10:38this showdown for the ages. Things do eventually get back on track by the time they crash back into
10:43the courtyard. However, you'd be lying if you said these few seconds of bizarre digital wrestling
10:48didn't briefly pull you out of the magic that was this otherwise deeply satisfying Potter finale.
10:54And that's our list. Do you have any other god-awful scenes in otherwise perfect movies?
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